§§ i26~7] JLoig Vowels of Accented Syllables 61

torch ; OE. ffoth. O.Icel. OS. her, OHG. hiar, here ; OE.
med, OS. n€da, OHG. miata,pay, reward; in the preterite
of the oldreduplicated verbs (§§ 512-14), as OE. OS. het,
OHG. ha?, inf. OE. hatan, to call; and similarly preterite
feng^red, slep, beside inf. fon, to seize; rsedan, to advise;
sJepan, to sleep.

NOTE,—Latin e became i in early loanwords, as cipe, Lat.
cepa, onion; pm (OHG. pma), Lat. pcena, late Lat. pena,
torture; side (OHG. slda), late Lat. seta, silk\ but e remained
in later loanwords, as bete, Lat. beta, beetroot; creda, creedt
Lat. credo, / believe.

§ 126* Germanic i generally remained in OE., as also in
the oldest periods of the other Germanic languages, as
OE. OS. OHG. sin, Goth, seins, his; OE. OS. OHG.
swin, Goth, swein, O.Icel. syin, pig, swine ; and similarly
bli]>e, blithe; hwil, space of time; hwit, white ; idel, empty;
Ifig, ivy; is, /^; isen, Iren, iron; lif, life ; mm, w«/«^; rice,
kingdom ; rim, number; side, sz#£; sHm, slime; tld, tima,
//;;^; }?m, thine; wid, a^/ife; wif, wife; wis, wise; in the
present of strong verbs belonging to class I (§ 490), as OE.
OS. bitan, Goth, beitan, O.Icel. bita, OHG. bi?an, to
bite; and similarly bidan, to remain; drlfan, to drive;
glidan, to glide; gripan, to seize; lifan, to go; ridan, to ride;
scman, to shine; slidan, to slide; smitan, to smite; sm}>an,
to cut; stigan, to ascend; strldan, to stride; writan, to
write.
§ 127. i was broken jtoio before h and ht in WS. But
already at an earlyperTocTTihe to "mostly "Became eo
(= Anglian I), as betweoh, between, cp. Goth, tweihnai,
two each; leohtj Goth, leihts, OHG. lihti, adj. light;
weoh (Anglian wih), idol, Goth, weihs, OHG. wlh, holy,
OS. wih, temple; imperative singular leoh (Anglian lih),
Goth, leihr, OS. OHG. lih, lend thou ; and similarly teoh,